Planning
In Pictures: Ballymore submits 336-home plan for Dublin’s new ‘Guinness Quarter’
If planning approval is granted, the mixed-use reinvention of the historic St. James’s Gate brewery in Dublin 8 is expected to be completed in 10-15 years.
Mixed-use plans approved for prominent Mayfair site
Developer O&H Grafton and architects Foster & Partners have secured planning approval for a reworked development on New Bond Street, Grafton Street and Bruton Lane.
Planning Inspectorate boss quits
Sarah Richards will step down as Chief Executive of the Planning Inspectorate - which runs top-level planning decisions in England - later this year.
Electricity grid capacity could thwart housebuilding in West London ‘until 2035’
Property developers in three London boroughs have been warned large resi schemes may be put on hold for ten years or more...
Short lets could need planning permission under new devolution proposal
"I understand that regional mayors may soon be given the power to ban properties from being used as short-term lets," writes James Forsyth, political editor of The Spectator, in The Times.
Henigman’s Abbey Road resi development opp offered for £22.5mn
Dean Main's luxury property development firm is looking to sell a prominent block in St John's Wood, with full planning consent for 29 apartments.
Planners block new 60-home scheme in Belgravia
Pilbrow & Partners-designed proposals to redevelop Kilmuir House had been recommended for approval
Resi development plans submitted for Bristol Zoo’s historic Clifton site
Plans to create 201 new homes on the Bristol Zoo Gardens site in the heart of up-market Clifton have been submitted to the local council
Lichfields recruits Planning Director in London
Ben Simpson has joined 60-year-old planning consultancy Lichfields as Planning Director.
Green light for ‘lux-loft’ office-to-resi development in Wapping
The Malins Group is bringing forward a £14.5mn GDV mixed-use scheme in Wapping.
Planners deal a blow to billionaire’s South Ken mansion project
Hospitality tycoon Richard Caring has been served with an enforcement notice requiring the removal of some ‘incongruous and dominant’ new windows at Park House
The Infrastructure Levy: A clearer direction on the future of Developer Contributions?
William Clutton of Iceni Projects delves into the government's proposed overhaul of the Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 Agreements, as outlined in the recently-published draft Levelling …